# pistola
## Basque
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pistola.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /pis̺tola/ [pis̺.t̪o.la]
* Rhymes: -ola
* Hyphenation: pis‧to‧la

### Noun

pistola inan
* pistol, gun

#### Derived terms

* pistolari (“gunman”)

### Further reading

* “pistola”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
* “pistola”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pistola.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pisˈtola/ [pisˈto.l̪a]
* Hyphenation: pis‧to‧la

### Noun

pistóla (Basahan spelling ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜎ)
* pistol
    Synonym: badil

#### See also

* armas
* karbin
* riple

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [pisˈtɔ.lə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [pisˈtɔ.la]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

pistola f (plural pistoles)
* pistol; gun

### Further reading

* “pistola” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “pistola”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “pistola” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “pistola” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pistola.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: pis‧to‧la
* IPA: /pisˈtola/ [pɪs̪ˈt̪o.l̪ɐ]

### Noun

pistola
* a pistol; a handgun
    Synonym: pusil

#### Quotations

* For quotations using this term, see Citations:pistola.

## Italian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French pistole, from Czech píšťala (“firearm”, literally “tube, pipe”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /piˈstɔ.la/
* Rhymes: -ɔla
* Hyphenation: pi‧stò‧la

#### Noun

pistola f (plural pistole)
* (weaponry) pistol, handgun
* pistole

##### Derived terms

* pistoletto
* pistoliere
* pistolino

##### Related terms

* pistolero
* pistolettata

#### Further reading

* pistola in Collins Italian-English Dictionary

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpi.sto.la/
* Rhymes: -istola
* Hyphenation: pì‧sto‧la

#### Noun

pistola f (plural pistole)
* (dated) Alternative form of epistola

#### Further reading

* pistola in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* polista, postali, stipola

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* pistōlium

### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French pistole or Italian, Spanish, and Portuguese pistola. The penultimate syllable is long because it carries stress.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /pisˈtoː.la/, [pɪs̠ˈt̪oːɫ̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /pisˈto.la/, [pisˈt̪ɔːlä]

### Noun

pistōla f (genitive pistōlae); first declension
* (New Latin) pistol

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1

Probably from French pistole, ultimately from Czech píšťala (“firearm”, literally “tube, pipe”), from pištěti (“to whistle”), of imitative origin.
Perhaps, however, from Italian pistolese (“from Pistoia (a city in Tuscany)”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pisˈtɔ.lɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /pisˈtɔ.lɐ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /piʃˈtɔ.lɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pisˈtɔ.la/
* (Portugal) IPA: /piʃˈtɔ.lɐ/
* Rhymes: -ɔlɐ
* Hyphenation: pis‧to‧la

#### Noun

pistola f (plural pistolas)
* pistol (handgun)

##### Derived terms

* pistolaço
* pistolão
* pistolar
* pistoleiro
* pistolinha

##### Descendants

* → Bengali: পিস্তল (pistol)
* → Gujarati: પિસ્તોલ (pistol)
* → Hindustani:
    Hindi: पिस्तौल (pistaul), पिस्तोल (pistol)
    Urdu: پسطول (pistol)
* → Sinhalese: පිස්තෝලය (pistōlaya)
* → Swahili: bastola

#### Adjective

pistola (invariable)
* (informal, slang, Brazil) pissed off, mad, aggressively angry

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

pistola
* inflection of pistolar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “pistola” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “pistola”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025

## San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pistola.

### Noun

pistola
* pistol

#### Derived terms

* pistola ndaa

### References

* Stewart, Cloyd, Stewart, Ruth D., colaboradores amuzgos (2000) Diccionario amuzgo de San Pedro Amuzgos, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 44)‎ (in Spanish), Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 141

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Pistole, from Czech píšťala (“firearm”, literally “tube, pipe”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pisˈtola/ [pisˈt̪o.la]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ola
* Syllabification: pis‧to‧la

### Noun

pistola f (plural pistolas)
* pistol, handgun
* gun (a device operated by a trigger and acting in a manner similar to a firearm)

#### Derived terms

* como a un santo dos pistolas
* pistola de agua
* pistola de aire
* pistola de bengalas
* pistola de clavos
* pistola paralizadora
* pistola paralizante
* pistolero
* pistoletazo
* pistolita

#### Descendants

* → Basque: pistola
* → Bikol Central: pistola
* → Cebuano: pistola
* → San Pedro Amuzgos Amuzgo: pistola
* → Tagalog: pistola
* → Tetelcingo Nahuatl: pi̱stula

### Further reading

* “pistola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pistola, from German Pistole, from Czech píšťala.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /pisˈtola/ [pɪsˈt̪oː.lɐ]
* Rhymes: -ola
* Syllabification: pis‧to‧la

### Noun

pistola (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜓᜎ)
* pistol
    Synonym: baril

### Further reading

* “pistola”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “pistola”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* ospital